"Anton Rodgers Anthony ""Anton"" Rodgers (10 January 1933 – 1 December 2007) was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film, in television dramas and sitcoms. He starred in the sitcoms ""Fresh Fields"" (ITV, 1984–86), as well its sequel series ""French Fields"" (ITV, 1989–91) and ""May to December"" (BBC, 1989–94). Rodgers was born in London, the son of Leonore (née Wood) and William Robert Rodgers. His early education was at Westminster School. Later he was educated at the Italia Conti Academy and LAMDA. He appeared on stage from the age of 14. He was well known"
"interested viewers. Other newcomers were Maud Grimes (Elizabeth Bradley), Roy Cropper (David Neilson), Gary and Judy Mallett (Ian Mercer and Gaynor Faye), as well as Fred Elliot (John Savident) and Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold). The amount of slapstick and physical humour in storylines increased during the 1990s, with comical characters such as Reg Holdsworth (Ken Morley) and his water bed. In the early 1990s storylines included the death of newborn Katie McDonald in 1992, Mike Baldwin's (Johnny Briggs) wedding to Alma Sedgewick (Amanda Barrie) in 1992, Tommy Duckworth being sold by his father Terry (Nigel Pivaro) in 1993, Deirdre Barlow's"
"September 25, 1993, to January 29, 1994, and again from June 4–June 18, 1994. Cast members include Harley Jane Kozak as Alison Hart, Dave's wife; Meghann Haldeman as their teen-aged daughter, L'Amour; Sean Murray as their son, Zane Grey Hart; Nathan Watt as their son, John Wayne Hart, known as ""Duke""; Saginaw Grant as Augie, an Indian storekeeper; O-Lan Jones as waitress Rose McLaughlin; Sterling Macer, Jr., as Marcus St. Cloud, an African American lawyer who wants to be a cowboy; R.O. Moon as the sheriff; Stephen Root as R.O.; Talisa Soto as Augie's granddaughter, Cassie Velasquez; and Dennis Fimple"
"Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson). In addition there was delinquent-turned assistant Mark Sanger (Don Mitchell), who subsequently attends and graduates from law school (night classes were mentioned from early on), then married late in the run of the series. Commissioner Randall was played by Gene Lyons who died in 1974. After the program's fourth season, Anderson left for personal reasons and her character was then replaced by another young policewoman Fran Belding (Elizabeth Baur), who filled much the same role for four more years. The series enjoyed a seven and a half-season run on NBC, drawing respectable, if not always high,"
"his own incompetence, the dodgy dealings of his best friend Chancer (Andy Gray), and the lack of support he gained from his mother (Jan Wilson), the bank's manager Adam McLelland (Dave Anderson) and his obsequious fellow teller, Brian (Jonathan Watson). Other recurring characters included Chancer's friend Tam (Iain McColl) and Willie's love interests, Janice (Elaine Collins, Series 1 and 2) and Fiona (Ann Bryson, Series 4 and 5). Billy Connolly guest-starred in one episode. City Lights (TV series) City Lights is a Scottish television sitcom made by BBC Scotland and set in Glasgow. It ran from 1986 to 1991 (networked"
"Facts of Life""; Vera Allen (Kass), later played roles on ""Another World"" and ""Search for Tomorrow""; Billie Lou Watt (Maggie Barker Weaver) who played Stu Bergman's second wife, Ellie Harper, on ""Search for Tomorrow""; Audra Lindley (Laura Tompkins), best known as the first landlady, Helen Roper from ""Three's Company"" and its spin-off ""The Ropers"" (as well as Liz Matthews #3 on ""Another World""; Millette Alexander (Gloria Saxon) later played roles on ""As the World Turns"",""The Guiding Light"" and three roles on ""The Edge of Night""; Robert Mandan (David Allen) who later played pompous and philandering stockbroker Chester Tate on ""Soap"","
"series with a similar premise, ""Holmes & Yo-Yo"". The series was pulled from NBC's schedule after only four episodes. The remaining five were aired in a burnoff as summertime filler. Mann & Machine Mann & Machine is an American science fiction/police drama series that aired for nine episodes on NBC from April 5 to July 14, 1992. Created by Dick Wolf and Robert De Laurentis, the series starred Yancy Butler as Sgt. Eve Edison, a beautiful police officer who is also a sophisticated gynoid robot capable of learning and emotion. She is partnered with Det. Bobby Mann (David Andrews), a"
"woman. Louise believes her mother to be wealthy socialite Mrs. E. Worthington Manville, and she is bringing her aristocratic fiancé Carlos and his father, Count Alfonso Romero (Arthur O'Connell), to meet her. Annie has been pretending that she resides in a luxurious hotel (writing her letters on stolen hotel stationery) and has Louise's letters mailed there, then intercepted by a friend and handed over to her. Dave's good-hearted girlfriend Queenie Martin (Hope Lange) persuades him to help Annie continue her charade. Queenie takes on the task of transforming the derelict into a dowager. Dave arranges for cultured pool hustler ""Judge"""
"television series such as ""Headmaster"" (1970), ""The New Andy Griffith Show"" (1971), ""Adams of Eagle Lake"" (1975), ""Salvage 1"" (1979) and ""The Yeagers"" (1980). After spending seven months in rehabilitation for leg paralysis from Guillain–Barré syndrome in 1983, Griffith returned to television as the title character, Ben Matlock, in the legal drama ""Matlock"" (1986–1995) on NBC and ABC. Matlock was a country lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, who was known for his Southern drawl and for always winning his cases. ""Matlock"" also starred unfamiliar, struggling actors (both of whom were childhood fans of Andy Griffith) Nancy Stafford as Michelle Thomas (1987–1992)"
"McGraw, who apparently are wed to the same man. A female investigator named Stella Wynkowski turns up. Harry teams up with her, never entirely certain whether she is friend or foe. Filming took place in Portland, Oregon. Love at Large Love at Large is a 1990 American romance and mystery film directed by Alan Rudolph and starring Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins and Anne Archer. Set in a present that feels more like the past, Harry Dobbs is a private detective surrounded by mysterious and dangerous dames. Among them is his angry girlfriend, Doris, and the suspicious women he encounters on"
"Matlock (TV series) Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal-defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by Intermedia Entertainment Company (first season only), The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, and Viacom Productions, originally aired from March 3, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's ""Perry Mason"" (with both ""Matlock"" and the 1980s ""Perry Mason"" TV movies created by Dean Hargrove), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in"
"Hollowood and Tony McHale. The departure of two of the soap's most popular characters, Den and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson), had left a massive void in the programme which needed to be filled. In addition, several other long running characters left the show that year, including two original cast members, Sue and Ali Osman (Sandy Ratcliff and Nejdet Salih) and their family; Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler); Carmel Jackson (Judith Jacob) and her family and one of the show's more controversial characters, Colin Russell (Michael Cashman). So, it was decided that 1989 was to be a year of change in Walford."
"1988, one of the soap's main focal points, The Queen Victoria (The Vic) public house, had been inhabited by the Watts family; however, actors Leslie Grantham and Anita Dobson who played landlords Den and Angie Watts resigned in 1988, meaning the soap's bosses had to find a new family to inhabit the Vic. Pat Wicks (Pam St Clement) and her boyfriend Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) were instilled as the new landlords, and along with Frank came his family, including his mother Mo (Edna Doré), who moved to Walford in September. Mo was portrayed as a battle-axe. Author Hilary Kingsley has"
"Evangeline Williamson Evangeline Williamson is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, ""One Life to Live"". The role was originated on February 25, 2003 by Renee Elise Goldsberry, who appeared onscreen continually until May 18, 2007. Attorney Evangeline Williamson arrived in fictional Llanview in 2003 as the attorney for con man Mitch Laurence (Roscoe Born), and later for R. J. Gannon's (Timothy Stickney) daughter Keri Reynolds (Sherri Saum) during her child custody dispute with Antonio Vega (Kamar de los Reyes). She soon begins dating club owner and former criminal R. J.; they begin having a series of spats over"
"manager; Olivia Novak (Dale), an aggressive, risk-taking new lawyer with the firm who was a foil for Carrie and a love interest for Chuck; Alana Newman (Khaner), a judge who was married to Leon; Rob Diamond (Schultz), who joined the firm as a junior lawyer; Dillon Beck (Sherwood), a crown prosecutor who married Carrie; and Laura Crosby (del Mar), a new lawyer who joined the firm after Carrie was killed by a drunk driver. The original series pilot aired on CBC Television in 1986 as ""Shellgame"", a television film written by William Deverell which starred Brenda Robins as a lawyer"
"Jigsaw (TV Series)...Gale Parker 1973 Cannon (TV Series)...Anne Grainger 1973-1979 Barnaby Jones (TV Series)...Virginia Kirkland / Louise Brenner / Eleanor Devers / 1972 Mannix (TV Series)...Alison Bramante 1972 Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series)...Ellie Alcott 1972 Cool Million (TV Series)...Adrienne / Marcella Pascal 1972 The Groundstar Conspiracy...Nicole Devon 1972 The Sixth Sense (TV Series)...Anna Harris 1972 Pocket Money...Adelita 1972-1974 Banacek (TV Series)...Carlie Kirkland 1971 Ironside (TV Series)...Sue Broderick 1971 Vanished (TV Movie)...Gretchen Greer 1971 Matt Lincoln (TV Series) 1971-1972 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series)...Jeanine Michaels / Karen Slater 1970-1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series)...Sandy / Phyllis Dalton /"
"Love at Large Love at Large is a 1990 American romance and mystery film directed by Alan Rudolph and starring Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins and Anne Archer. Set in a present that feels more like the past, Harry Dobbs is a private detective surrounded by mysterious and dangerous dames. Among them is his angry girlfriend, Doris, and the suspicious women he encounters on his latest case. In a nightclub, the sultry Miss Dolan hires the private eye to follow her lover, Rick, who might be trying to kill her. The trail takes Harry to women like Mrs. King and Mrs."
"for television by the BBC under the series title Murder Most English. The four were ""Hopjoy Was Here"", ""Lonelyheart 4122"", ""The Flaxborough Crab"" and ""Coffin Scarcely Used"". The adaptations successfully reflected key elements of the books: the gentle behind-the-times feel of a small English market town, the merciless targeting of the pretensions of some of the town's social leaders, and the author’s notion that whatever exotic trappings are used to decorate the plot, the central crime is always motivated by money. Anton Rodgers starred as Purbright with Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love and Brenda Bruce as Miss Lucilla Teatime."
"of Haven Bay. The Henderson kids make a new life in Haven Bay and make friends with the local gang. They were Ted Morgan (Ben Mendelsohn), Colin ""Cowboy"" Clarke (Mark Hennessy), Charlotte ""Char"" Kernow (Kylie Minogue) and Brian ""Brains"" Buchanan (Bradley Kilpatrick). Steve and Tamara defend the family land, Hendersons' Point, against the schemes of ruthless businessman Ashley Wheeler (Peter Whitford). To compound matters, Steve falls in love with Wheeler's gorgeous daughter Sylvia (Annie Jones). Several well known actors played guest roles in the series. They included Tottie Goldsmith, Kevin Harrington, Peter O'Brien, Stefan Dennis, and Jane Hall who, like"
"enthusiasm, promoted him and everything was looking rosy for the young lad. The bond between Rodney and Danny was threatened when Val Lambert (Charlie Hardwick) arrived in Emmerdale. The sexy seductress managed to lure both men into bed and the discovery of her antics ended with them in a fight. However, despite the violence between them, Danny and Rodney eventually made up - and Rodney was delighted Val chose him over the young stud. Danny wasn't single for long. Widower Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) was desperate to get young Donna Windsor (Verity Rushworth) to stop fancying him, so begged Danny"
"assistant Diane Lawler (Elizabeth Bennett) has regular clashes with her boss but is fiercely loyal to him. She leaves SIS when she marries at the end of the second series, hand-picking her replacement, Marianne Straker (Sue Holderness). There are two other Sandbaggers at the beginning of the series: Sandbagger Two, Jake Landy (David Glyder), and Sandbagger Three, Alan Denson (Steven Grives). They are both killed and replaced for the first series by Laura Dickens (Diane Keen), the only female Sandbagger, killed at the end of the first series. The second series opens with two new Sandbaggers: Tom Elliot (David Beames),"
"granddaughter. Robert resurfaces and confronts Anna about Robin who overhears the truth and runs away. She is kidnapped forcing Anna and Robert to rescue her. Later, Anna is named co-police chief along with Burt Ramsey (Bob Hastings). In 1986, Anna falls for the handsome mysterious club-owner Duke Lavery (Ian Buchanan). When her friends Frisco and Felicia (Jack Wagner and Kristina Wagner) go missing, Anna suspects Duke is involved but her urges her to trust him. As Duke and Anna are engaged in October 1986, Robert exposes Duke's involvement in a money laundering scheme for the mysterious ""Mr. Big."" Soon after,"
"motorcycle gang. In 1986, he came to wider prominence with the comedy ""My Chauffeur"" starring Deborah Foreman. In 1988, he shot the comedies ""Pass the Ammo"" and ""It Takes Two"". In 1991, he adapted his 1985 stage play ""Scorchers"" for the big screen, with Faye Dunaway, James Earl Jones, Emily Lloyd, Jennifer Tilly, and Leland Crooke in the leading roles. In 1993, he created the 13-part television series ""Key West"". In 1994, he brought ""900 Oneonta"", a black comedy about a dysfunctional family, to the stage. It had its premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. It later was staged"
"Julie McGregor Julie Anne McGregor (born 26 November 1948) is an Australian television actor and comedian, noted for her roles in comedy. She is the sister of opera soprano Jennifer McGregor. In the 1980s McGregor appeared in television soap operas including ""A Country Practice"", ""Punishment"" and ""Sons and Daughters"". McGregor is best known to Australian audiences for her role as Betty Wilson, the red-haired dim-witted and ditsy secretary from Walgett in the Australian television comedy series, ""Hey Dad...!"". She continued in the role for the program's entire 1987–1994 run, and also appeared in its short-lived spinoff ""Hampton Court"". In 1992"
"by over 15 million viewers – more ITV viewers than the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana two days later. In the 1980s relationships were cemented between established characters: Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley) married Audrey Potter (Sue Nicholls) in 1985; Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) married Sally Seddon (Sally Whittaker) in 1986; Bet Lynch married Alec Gilroy (Roy Barraclough) in 1987; and 1988 saw the marriages of both Ivy Tilsley and Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff), and the long-awaited union of Mavis Riley and Derek Wilton (Peter Baldwin), after over a decade of on-off romances and a failed marriage attempt"
"several boyfriends over the course of the series; his most enduring relationship was with film buff Dudley Butterfield (Chard Hayward). As the series progressed it increasingly focused on comedic characters such as brassy winebar proprietor Norma Whittaker (Sheila Kennelly), and her inventor husband Les (Gordon McDougall), no-nonsense Flo Patterson (Bunney Brooke), and the bookish bumbling Arnold Feather (Jeff Kevin), who proved irresistible to the ladies. Reg and Edie MacDonald (Mike Dorsey and Wendy Blacklock) and their bubbly daughter, Marilyn (Frances Hargreaves), arrived at the start of 1974 as three more comedic characters. One memorable cliffhanger was the explosion in the"
"However, his promises to Guizin prove to be hollow as soon after he decides that the barmaid Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler) is to be the next sexual conquest. Donna refuses his advances, but can't resist informing Guizin about his offer and Guizin and Donna nearly fight on New Year's Eve that year. Guizin and Mehmet's marriage is highly turbulent and they are always involved in intense arguments, mainly concerning money and gambling. In 1988 Mehmet and Guzin become partners in Ali's café after Sue gives up working to look after her baby. Mehmet often clashes with his wife about the"
"in a movie adaptation for television based on Danielle Steel's ""Zoya"" as Evgenia, the main character's grandmother. She appeared on television as Mrs. Danvers in ""Rebecca"" (1997), winning an Emmy, as well as the PBS production ""Moll Flanders"", and as the amateur detective Mrs. Bradley in ""The Mrs Bradley Mysteries"". In this BBC series, first aired in 2000, she played Gladys Mitchell's detective, Dame Beatrice Adela Le Strange Bradley, an eccentric old woman who worked for Scotland Yard as a pathologist. The series was not a critical success and did not return for a second season. From 1989 until 2003,"
"divorce papers were served to Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) by her husband, Queen Vic landlord Den (Leslie Grantham). A notable success in pioneering late-night broadcasting, in October 1984, Yorkshire Television began airing the cult Australian soap opera ""Prisoner"", which originally ran from 1979 to 1986. It was eventually broadcast on all regions of the UK in differing slots, usually around 23:00 (but never before 22:30 in any region), under the title ""Prisoner: Cell Block H"". It was probably most popular in the Midlands where Central Television consistently broadcast the serial three times a week from 1987 to 1991. Its airing"
"Evelyn Duguid as Mairi, Tom Snowie as Bates, Dan Munro, Jack Maguire, Dan Dallas, Alex Paterson, Hector McIver and Luis Lyon. The story involves Highland whisky smuggler Lovat MacDonald, whose daughter Mairi is in love with Revenue Officer Bates. Alpine, one of the smugglers, is also in love with Mairi and swears revenge. The Revenue Officers follow the smugglers to their cave hideout, and a fight ensues in which Bates is dashed down to the rocks below. Mairi sees Alpine watching over the still form of her lover and seeks help, whereupon Bates recovers. The other smugglers are smoked out"
"""Salem Strangler"" (Jake Kositchek, who was nicknamed ""Jake the Ripper"") who stalks and murders women; the 1984 ""Gone with the Wind"" story line in which Hope Williams Brady and Bo Brady hide out on a Southern plantation and dress up as Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler (devised to keep viewers tuned in while rival network ABC's soaps were preempted due to the 1984 Summer Olympics); and ""The Cruise of Deception"" in 1990, when madman Ernesto Toscano invites all his enemies aboard a ship, the ""S.S. Loretta,"" and holds them captive. In 1992, the show received a reboot with additions such"
"occasion Alec had been telling the truth and was being honest. He was deeply hurt that nobody had believed him. In 1992, Alec left Bet after being offered a full-time job with Sunliners in Southampton. Alec later returned in July 1995 to visit his granddaughter Vicky (Chloe Newsome), revealing that he was the regional manager of a travel agents, called Sunliners. He disapproved of Vicky's fiancé, Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), believing that Steve was only after Vicky because of her money. Alec tried to bribe Steve into calling the wedding off and leaving Vicky but was unsuccessful. Vicky severed ties"
"of Ailsa (Judy Nunn) and Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher). His 2016 reappearance marked the first time in 27 years that he, Alf and his half-sister Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker) had been on-screen together. During his time in Summer Bay, Duncan befriends Tori Morgan (Penny McNamee), becoming a love rival for Nate Cooper (Kyle Pryor). The character was initially portrayed by Allana Ellis. Lewis Devaney took over the role in 1990 and remained until 1998. The role was then recast to Brendan McKensy. McKensy returned for the serial's 4000th episode, based around Duncan's father Alf Stewart's (Ray Meagher) 60th birthday, broadcast"